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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Jordán in Colombia

Posted by admin on December 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.8277S, -73.0581WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Jordán in Colombia on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/25 / 2025-12-10 08:27:06 / December 10, 2025 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000rtuk. Event ids that are associated: us6000rtuk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 140.692 km (87 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -73.0581 West, latitude 6.8277 North, depth = 140.692 km. The temblor was reported at 08:27:06 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Duitama, San Alberto, Puerto Wilches (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0581° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8277° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140.692 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-10 08:27:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-10 08:46:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 466 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.336 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rtuk Id of event.
Event Code 6000rtuk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rtuk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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